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Philo was born in the 1st century in Byblos in what is now Lebanon. "He lived into the reign of Hadrian, of which he wrote a history, now lost." [1] His name "Herennius" suggests that he was a client of the consul suffectus Herennius Severus through whom Philo may have achieved the status of a Roman citizen.
Sanchuniathon (/ ˌ s æ ŋ k j ʊ ˈ n aɪ ə θ ɒ n /; Ancient Greek: Σαγχουνιάθων or Σαγχωνιάθων Sankho(u)niáthōn; probably from Phoenician: 𐤎𐤊𐤍𐤉𐤕𐤍, romanized: *Saḵūnyatān, "Sakkun has given"), [1] variant 𐤔𐤊𐤍𐤉𐤕𐤍 šknytn [2] also known as Sanchoniatho the Berytian, [3] was a Phoenician author.
Philo of Byblos instead refers to her as "Dione", though the reasons behind this choice remain unknown. She was the main goddess in the local pantheon of Byblos, and a temple dedicated to her, which remained in use from the third millennium BCE to the Roman period , was located in the center of this city.
Taautus of Byblos, according to the Phoenician writer Sanchuniathon, was the son of Misor and the inventor of writing, who was bequeathed the land of Egypt by Cronus. Sanchuniathon's writings, through the translation of Philo, were transmitted to us by Eusebius in his work Praeparatio evangelica. Eusebius says that Philo placed Sanchuniathon's ...
Philo describes Chousor as a distant descendant of Hypsouranios, [101] who according to his account was the founder of Tyre. [102] He uses the names Chousor and Hephaestus interchangeably, similarly to how he refers to Kronos as El in some passages. [103] Alongside his nameless brother, Chousor is credited with the discovery of iron working. [101]
A soldier who went missing in action during an aquatic mission in World War II has been accounted for, military officials said Tuesday. U.S. Army Pfc. Robert L. Bryant, 23, was assigned to Company ...
Philo of Byblos; R. Rib-Hadda; Z. Paul Zgheib This page was last edited on 4 March 2023, at 20:17 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution ...
Members of the far-right Proud Boys, including leader Enrique Tarrio (C), rally in support of U.S. President Donald Trump to protest against the results of the 2020 U.S. presidential election, in ...